On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, April 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — get off the skinny and sit the reefs.

10 mph SE · low slack

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.8serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.7oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Mustang Island bayside / Shamrock Cove · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Rockport brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

9.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — Boca Paila and the drains; tarpon live in the darker mouths.

9 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 8.3hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief